Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling party were poised Thursday to choose his successor as party chairman and prime minister, with expectations high that the man who has dominated Turkish politics for more than a decade will keep charge as...
Interpol says the killing of an American journalist kidnapped in Syria shows the need for a coordinated international effort against the stream of foreign fighters joining extremists in the Middle East. The international policy agency said in a statement Thursday...
Landlocked Mongolia is hoping to secure better access to Chinese ports as President Xi Jinping becomes the first Chinese head of state in more than a decade to visit this sprawling resource-rich nation sandwiched between China and Russia. Xi arrived...
Three more Tibetan protesters shot and detained by Chinese authorities died in jail after being denied medical treatment, bringing the death toll from recent violence to five, according to overseas Tibetan rights groups and a US-backed broadcaster. Rights groups said...
Five people stood trial Thursday in the beating death of a woman at a McDonald's restaurant in eastern China who reportedly refused to join their anti-Communist Christian sect — a high-profile crime that led to a wave of arrests of...
The American doctor who fell ill with the dangerous Ebola virus while working in Liberia has recovered and is being released from an Atlanta hospital, an aid group said Thursday. Kent Brantly, 33, is scheduled to speak to the media...
Thieves broke into the official car of Belgian Prime Minister Elio di Rupo, stealing his laptop and personal documents, prosecutors confirmed on Thursday. The robber or robbers shattered the window of Di Rupo's car in central Brussels on Monday evening...
The Non-government Teachers’ Registration and Certification Authority (NTRCA) on Thursday published the results of the 10th teachers’ registration examinations, showing a pass percentage of 31.73. Out of 4,41,979 participants, 1,13,297 passed the examinations, held on May 30 and 31 this...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Power, Energy and Mineral Resources on Thursday hoped that the 341-MW Summit Bibiyana II gas-based power project will go into production by the year-end, according to a news agency.
A total of 38 students from different departments of Dhaka University (DU) have been awarded “The DUKE of Edinburgh International Award” for their success in different extra-curricular activities. DU Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique distributed the certificates among the...
A High Court (HC) vacation bench on Thursday refused to hear two writ petitions filed challenging the legality of the National Broadcasting Policy-2014 and the government move to restore in the constitution the provision of parliament’s authority to impeach Supreme...
D-8 Secretary General Seyed Ali Mohammad Mousavi is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on Saturday on a four-day official visit to Bangladesh. During the visit, Mousavi will attend the 8th D-8 meeting of Directors General and Expert Group on Civil...
Teachers and students of Dhaka University (DU) will observe ‘Black Day’ on Sunday marking the atrocities unleashed by law enforcers in 2007. Every year Black Day is observed on August 23. As August 23 is Saturday (a government holiday) this...
The prices of most of the shares in Australia’s financial markets witnessed negative trend on Wednesday. Sydney stocks were down 0.12 per cent at the end of trade today, according to a news agency.
A court in Pabna has convicted a man and sentenced him to life term imprisonment for killing his wife for dowry more than 19 months ago. The convict was identified as Abdul Kader, son of Afaj Uddin, a resident of...
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The prices of most of the shares at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed upward trend in early hours of trading on Wednesday, the third trading day of the current week. DSEX, the prime index of...
Unidentified miscreants slaughtered a youth and dumped his body in a field in Kumarkhali Upazila in Kushtia district at some time between Tuesday and early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Altu Miah, 25, son of Arshed Miah, a resident...
Interpol on Tuesday informed Bangladesh Police that Maulana Tajuddin, one of the accused in August 21 grenade attack cases, is now staying in South Africa. ‘Interpol this (Tuesday) morning sent us an email informing that Maulana Tajuddin is now in...
Movement of ferries in Mawa-Kewrakandi waterways resumed partially on Wednesday morning, 11 hours after the suspension of ferry services in the important route due to erosion by Padma River which threatened Mawa ferry terminals. AKM Ashiquzzaman Chowdhury, assistant general manager...
A local Awami League leader in Dhaka’s Sutrapur has been shot in front of his house, police and family members said. Md Shaheed, the party’s Sutrapur unit general secretary, was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) after the incident...
Police said Wednesday they had arrested 47 people during a night of protests in Ferguson, the Missouri town rocked by violence over the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager. Captain Ron Johnson of the Missouri Highway Patrol said protesters...
Asian shares slipped Wednesday despite a positive lead from Wall Street, where stocks picked up on encouraging US economic data ahead of a keynote speech this week by the Federal Reserve chief. Shanghai lost 0.25 percent, Seoul fell 0.17 percent...
Oil prices were mixed in Asia Wednesday as investors await the release of US Federal Reserve minutes from its July meeting, while keeping an eye on the latest stockpiles data. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for September delivery rose...
The dollar hit multi-month highs against the euro and yen in Asia Wednesday after a surge in US housing construction boosted optimism over the state of the world's number one economy. In late afternoon Tokyo trade, the greenback rose to...
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf imposed a nighttime curfew from Wednesday and quarantined two affected neighbourhoods in a bid to stem the Ebola epidemic rampaging through West Africa. ‘Commencing Wednesday, August 20 there will be a curfew from 9:00 pm...
An Israeli air strike on Gaza City killed the wife and infant daughter of elusive Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif, the Islamist group said early Wednesday. ‘The wife of the great leader was martyred with his daughter,’ in a strike...
New York State’s banking regulator Tuesday hit Standard Chartered Bank with a $300 million fine and restrictions on its dollar-clearing business for failing to detect possible money-laundering. The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) said the British bank's internal...
Jihadists released a video apparently showing the beheading of an American journalist kidnapped in Syria, in the most direct retaliation yet to nearly two weeks of US air strikes on Iraq. As calls mounted for Washington to expand its military...
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Stocks slipped in the red on Wednesday after previous session’s upturn as investors went for short-term profit-booking on large cap stocks. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) ended at 4,553.86 points, shedding 22.50 points or 0.49...
US Embassy in Dhaka on Wednesday announced that Machine Readable Visa (MRV) fee collection will no longer be available at Standard Chartered Bank after August 31. The HSBC will begin collecting MRV fees for visa applications beginning on September 14....
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